It goes without saying that time will tell, but this is encouraging to some degree: Recent news: A surprising explanation for the global decline of religion How religion declines around the world The three stages of religious decline around the world Is religion in Japan in irreversible decline? Among U.S.…
“To escape the Bayesian trap, we must be willing to experiment.” The freedom to change one’s mind based on new ideas or information is freedom, anything else is what? Dogma and/or religion? also see: Julia Galef on Bayes’ Rule
It’s astonishing that some people still believe that the earth is flat, or possibly 6,000 years old, both because the Bible tells them so. Reading The Impossible Voyage of Noah’s Ark for the first time put exactly that sentiment in my mind, that young earth creationists and inerrancy proponents are…
Religion is dumb, but not all religious people are dumb, but perhaps some have damaged brains. It’s not like some atheists don’t have a problem with cognitive flexibility, but theists put themselves in a different worldview with opaque walled borders that are hard to escape and penetrate. According to Dr.…
New stupidity based on old stupidity, QAnon is dumb. EXTENDED VERSION The Ancient Heresy That Helps Us Understand QAnon Skeptic magazine issue on QAnon
Not that numbers matter, but its nice to see a rise in the number of people willing to claim they are atheists or non-theists. The decline in church attendance is also encouraging. How many atheists are there? Gallup poll on religion: here Pew on religion: here In 2013, the accuracy…
Hallelujah! What great news, but it isn’t necessarily new news as the death of gods and religion has been happening for decades, or centuries. Of course a long time ago religions did not exist at all, until one day someone decided they knew better, or in reality knew nothing at…
worth a listen: SCIENCE SALON # 82– Michael Shermer with Phil Zuckerman — What it Means to be Moral: Why Religion is Not Necessary for Living an Ethical Life Also see: A Pathway to Objective Morality Why the Case for Scientific Humanism is Rational
The Impossible God of Paul Tillich
by Steven Morris, in Free Inquiry, Fall, 1995 The Christian right is trying to rewrite the history of the United States as part of its campaign to force its religion on others. They try to depict the founding fathers as pious Christians who wanted the United States to be a…
